read command in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to read a user's name into the variable 'name'.

Bash Scripting

read [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aname

Binput

Cuser

Dvar

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a variable name that is not declared or intended.

Forgetting to specify a variable after read.

The read command stores the input into the variable you specify. Here, name is the variable to hold the user's input.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to prompt the user with 'Enter age:' before reading input into 'age'.

Bash Scripting

read -p "Enter age: " [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aage

Buser_age

Cinput

Dnumber

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a variable name that does not match the prompt context.

Omitting the variable name after read.

The -p option shows a prompt before reading input. The variable age stores the input.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to read two variables 'first' and 'last' from one input line.

Bash Scripting

read [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Afirst last

Bfirst, last

Clast

Dfirst

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commas or semicolons between variable names.

Trying to read multiple variables as one combined variable.

To read multiple variables from one line, list them separated by spaces without commas or semicolons.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to read input into 'username' and 'password' variables with a prompt.

Bash Scripting

read -p "Enter [1] and [2]: " [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ausername

Bpassword

Cuser

Dpass

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mismatch between prompt text and variable names.

Using different names in prompt and variables.

The prompt and variables must match. Use 'username' and 'password' consistently in prompt and variables.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to read three variables 'city', 'state', and 'zip' from one input line.

Bash Scripting

read [1] [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Acity

Bstate

Czip

Daddress

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a single variable for multiple inputs.

Separating variable names with commas or other characters.

List all variable names separated by spaces to read multiple inputs in one line.